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Old 23-09-2008, 11:31
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Magic AM radio is currently full of adverts for this CD. At first I thought it was a joke, but they are genuinely hoping that people will pay £7 for this.

In the list of clips, first check out Coronation Street, other horrors include Grandstand, Emmerdale and Fawlty Towers. Fawlty Towers sounds like someone who's got one of those Casio keyboards for Christmas and is following a 'how to play' book.

There is a lot of debate on these forums about 'best' and 'worst' music, one person will think that Green Day is the best band in the world, the next will rather stick pins in their eyes than listen to them.

I have though, I think, finally discovered a CD that absolutely no-one will like! Great Christmas present for people you hate, maybe that's the idea.
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Old 24-09-2008, 17:09
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i laughed out loud when i saw this...****ing hell they can't be serious? when would you listen/use this? haha
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Old 24-09-2008, 17:38
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lmao, well I cant think of anything better to spend £7 on
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Old 24-09-2008, 17:40
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How about this
http://www.zavvi.co.uk/tv+themes-mus...qc.r10.1/p.jsf
or this

http://www.zavvi.co.uk/tv+themes-mus...qc.r10.1/p.jsf (Just listen to how bad Streethawk is)
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Old 24-09-2008, 18:13
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worst i have seen is john barrowboy collection of sing songs.......
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Old 25-09-2008, 07:10
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My dad used to have a Henry Cooper (ye olde boxer) sings tape.

Full of cockney knees up type songs,,,dire!
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Old 25-09-2008, 08:25
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You weren't around when the only chart compilations were on the 'Music For Pleasure' label then ? You could listen to all the latest hits , except they weren't the original artists - just [most of the time) session musicians doing a really bad attempt at trying to sound like the originals ,and they were bloody awful! This was in the days before karaoke and tribute bands too. People actually used to buy them as it was the only way you could purchase a package of all the chart hits , and the albums often got in the charts themselves .They were released on a regular basis in the 70s , then came along a better label - K-Tel with the real artists , which was a forerunner to the successful 'Now' series.
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Old 25-09-2008, 09:09
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Further to my previous post , ^ ^ ^ there was another series of these cover albums that ran from 1969 to 1984 - 'The Best Of Top Of The Pops' That were as bad , if not worse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bes...e_Pops_'80
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Old 25-09-2008, 09:23
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Is this the worst CD ever released?
Absolutely not!!

My wife and I collect various "Traditional Christmas" style compilation CDs.

But there was one that we just had to put on eBay, it was that dreadful...
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Old 25-09-2008, 10:35
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I've heard those ads too. It's so amateur it's unbelievable.
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Old 25-09-2008, 10:37
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My husband would actually love this cd. He collects theme tunes
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Old 25-09-2008, 10:48
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I've often thought it would be a laugh to start a band that only does covers of TV theme tunes.

Anyone want to join my band?
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Old 25-09-2008, 11:19
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Further to my previous post , ^ ^ ^ there was another series of these cover albums that ran from 1969 to 1984 - 'The Best Of Top Of The Pops' That were as bad , if not worse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bes...e_Pops_'80
I've seen (and heard, sadly) "not by the original artist" stuff in pound-stretcher kind of shops. The pound-stretcher in Letchworth is a real coot for that!
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Old 25-09-2008, 11:59
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What on earth is the Hollyoaks one meant to sound like that sounded NOTHING like Hollyoaks at all! And the doctor who one is awful as well!
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Old 25-09-2008, 12:04
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I've seen (and heard, sadly) "not by the original artist" stuff in pound-stretcher kind of shops. The pound-stretcher in Letchworth is a real coot for that!
serves you right for living near Stevenage - move to Harpenden or Snalbans and save your soul!
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Old 25-09-2008, 15:25
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I bought this a couple of years ago:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sports-Theme...2352514&sr=1-1

It sounds just as dreadful as the one that started this thread - in fact I'd go as far as to suggest that the New World Orchestra and the London Theatre Orchestra are the same bloke with the same Casio keyboard.

I could do a better version of the snooker theme myself.
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Old 25-09-2008, 15:45
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What on earth is the Hollyoaks one meant to sound like that sounded NOTHING like Hollyoaks at all! And the doctor who one is awful as well!
I think it's supposed to be a recreation of one of the older Hollyoaks themes. Regardless, it still sounds horrible.

They all sound like horrible ringtones.
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Old 25-09-2008, 16:18
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I've often thought it would be a laugh to start a band that only does covers of TV theme tunes.

Anyone want to join my band?
I've always thought about starting a radio station that plays nothing but theme tunes.

There's no situation which can't be improved by hearing the theme tune to Dad's Army or Match Of The Day.
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Old 25-09-2008, 17:11
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I've always thought about starting a radio station that plays nothing but theme tunes.

There's no situation which can't be improved by hearing the theme tune to Dad's Army or Match Of The Day.
You could always start here ; http://www.televisiontunes.com/browse.php
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Old 15-10-2008, 22:56
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The CD isn't that bad!
Dallas is a cracker!
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Old 16-10-2008, 17:18
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Well there's my Xmas list sorted...

I laughed my head off at this.But then I did have Timmy Mallett's album when I was 8...
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Old 16-10-2008, 21:17
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It's very handy if you put together pub quizzes and the like.
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Old 16-10-2008, 22:45
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I was in Woolworths today, and they were charging extortionate prices for it.

Still, you can't beat a bit of 'Liberty Bell'.
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Old 20-10-2008, 03:31
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I don't think it is the worst cd ever released.
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Old 02-11-2008, 20:22
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It could be useful. If you have people on the phone or at the door and you want them to leave, just bung on the CD and say you've got to go as your favourite show is on...
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